Hi Bert,

>But how do I get a list of old tapes to take out?

I assume  you mean copypool tapes that went checked out and stored
offsite ...
 
I don't know if you're using TSM's DRM feature, but case of an
affirmative response, you should be in a position to issue "q drm
wherestate=vaultretrive", to get the list of the volumes lying in your
safe and having no more valid data. Before checkin them again in the
library as scratch tapes, don't forget to issue "move drm *
wherestate=vaultretrive tostate=onsiteretrive" to update TSM DB/volhist,
letting them know those tapes are now empty.
If unfortunately you do not have DRM licensed on the server, it gets a
little bit more complicated, and, as I'm not used to those "manual"
procedures, I prefer letting someone more experienced explain you how to
do it (if not allready done, try to issue "h checkin libv", "h checkout
libv" and "h q volhist" on TSM command line, could be usefull )... 
And last thing : if you check your tapes in the library, specifying
"status=pri" they'll never appear as scratch volumes !
Hope it helped !
Cheers.

Arnaud
 


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-----Original Message-----
From: Andrews, Bert A [mailto:bert.andrews AT QWEST DOT COM] 
Sent: Thursday, 03 April, 2003 17:30
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: HELP


The Person who used to manage the TSM Server left!!! Si I go the job:((

I need to put some scratches in the 3583lib today for the weeknd
backups.

I know the commands of:

checkout libvol 3583lib vol
upd vol access=offsite

checkin libvol 3583lib status=pri
del vol discard=yes

But how do I get a list of old tapes to take out?

Bert Andrews
Sr Aix Administrator
Phone 703 456 6437
Cell 703 629 9275
Email bert.andrews AT qwest DOT com